Editor’s note: Jake Buckler thinks he’s going to get away with this. He needs to sleep with one eye open. What do you think about Netflix’s suggestion engine? Does it truly negatively affect your streaming experience?…
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Have you seen the trailer for Stranger Things, season two? Halloween 2017 can’t get here soon enough, as far as I’m concerned! If you watched Superbowl LI, then chances are you saw the Stranger Things, season two…
A couple of weeks ago, I challenged the young and optimistic Jake Buckler to talk about one of Netflix’s newest series, The OA. He and I are both watching the show, which has proven so dense that it’s practically…
OK, so it actually gets less confusing. DISH has always had a strong relationship with a company called EchoStar. In fact DISH was once part of the EchoStar family, until it was spun off in 2008. At that…
Netflix’s The OA asks viewers to “trust in the unknown.” After watching the pilot episode, that’s exactly what I did with the streaming service’s future hit. Stuart Sweet challenged me to watch the first episode of The OA and…
The biggest trend in antenna TV today is streaming. That may not make sense, but it really looks like by the end of the year, there will be tons of different alternatives to add live TV…
A dedicated anime channel and smart TVs with built-in Amazon Fire TV highlight the latest developments with Amazon’s streaming services. Are you a streamer who loves to watch Japanese animation? Now, you can get a…
First off let’s be honest, TV commercials are pretty dumb and they always have been. While they started out as fairly normal presentations by salespeople, as they got shorter they got stupider — they fed us…
I can tell you already that 2017 will be the most expensive year ever for conventional pay television. Cable providers already charge over $100 per person for their customers out of contract and that’s only going…
When it comes to streaming, do you prefer on-demand or live streaming services? While it is not exactly the burning debate of the day, I’ll admit that I do have my preference. There’s no doubt that…
It’s good to be right. For years this blog and others have been talking about the strong demand for free, over-the-air TV. We’ve watched as most of the news focused on the streaming side of cord-cutting,…
As streaming services go, Netflix has taken a beaten over at this blog. Perhaps its January releases will redeem Netflix’s position as a top streaming channel. With its January lineup, Netflix might have addressed some of…
Streaming services were a pretty big deal in 2016. Here are the hits, misses, and groundbreaking moments for this year in streaming. With the dawning of a new year, we took a look back at…
Has DISH combined streaming and antenna TV channels in one guide with its AirTV Player? Perhaps, but it’s still too soon to tell all the details of this new device. DISH (formerly DISH Network) recently unveiled…
When it comes to streaming, have you considered any of the “fringe” streaming services out there? When I say “fringe streaming,” I’m not talking about streaming episodes of the sci-fi TV show Fringe. What I’m talking…